• A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
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    21 hours ago

    I love Le Guin! I just started re-reading her opus; but since this is a (short) story I might have skipped it the first time. I also aded some Tschaikowski to my e-reader, if I like that I will try to remember this.

    full-blown examinations of the concepts of utterly alien intelligence.

    In this context I will always recommend Stanislaw Lem’s “Eden”, although it has little to do with differences in speed.

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      21 hours ago

      Yeah, if you’re looking to get into Tchaikovsky, I’d recommend either Children of Time (if you like sci-fi) or The City of Last Chances (if you like fantasy). His work is always based in his experience as a zoologist, so his environments and animals are second-to-none (even the series of which City of Last Chances is a part contains well-considered biology whenever “monsters” from “the grove” are described)